Glad and Heartrending

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Glad adjective - Experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight.

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Heartrending is an antonym for glad.

Nearby Words: gladness, gladly, gladsome, Glady

Heartrending adjective - Causing unhappiness.

Usage example: couldn't bear to see the heartrending photos of victims of the famine

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Glad is an antonym for heartrending.

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Heartrending and Glad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/glad/heartrending

Glad & Heartrending. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/glad/heartrending>.

Heartrending or Glad. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/glad/heartrending.

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